Feb. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin An off-duty NYPD officer died by suicide inside a Middle Village home today. The 53-year-old detective took his own life at a home on 79th Street and was found by family members shortly before 1 p.m., police said. The officer’s suicide is the first NYPD member suicide in 2020…. Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin Assembly Member Brian Barnwell and Council Member Robert Holden will host a Queens bus network redesign workshop in Maspeth in partnership with the MTA next month. The workshop will be held at PS 153, located at 60-02 60th Ln., on March 9 at 6:30 p.m., Barnwell announced on Thursday…. Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Kristen Torres A former sanitation employee who spent 20 years working for the city is putting his hat in the ring to challenge State Senator Michael Gianaris in this year’s Democratic primary. Ignazio “Izzy” Terranova retired from the city’s Department of Sanitation after a decades-long career in 2019. His inspiration to… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin The 200-bed single men homeless shelter opened in Glendale today, after years of protests, heated meetings and legal action from community members. The “Cooper Rapid Rehousing Center,” at 78-16 Cooper Ave., officially opened today, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) announced. “Today, we proudly open our doors at the… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin A pair of alleged burglars walked off with $1,300 worth of products from a Ridgewood Walgreens last month. The two individuals went inside the Walgreens store, located at 58-02 Metropolitan Ave., around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11 and then entered the basement stockroom, where they grabbed products off… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Community Board 2 voted against a plan filed by Home Depot that calls for a massive home-improvement store and a six-story self-storage facility on a manufacturing site in Maspeth. Home Depot needs a special permit since the 59-02 Borden Ave. site is located in a manufacturing district and the… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin A supreme court judge tossed out a lawsuit Friday filed last year by a number of civic groups that alleged that the City didn’t conduct a thorough study of a Cooper Avenue site before determining that it was a suitable location for a 200-bed homeless shelter. A group of… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Kristen Torres The police are looking for two suspects who used a stolen credit card to make purchases at a pizzeria and laundromat in Ridgewood earlier this month, police said. The card was reportedly used on Jan. 19 at Crown Chicken and Pizza, located at 701 Seneca Ave., and at the… Read more »
Feb. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens Council Members have accused the NYPD Police Commissioner of creating a “false narrative” by attributing an uptick in crime to the new bail reform laws. Council Members Donovan Richards and Rory Lancman penned a letter to Commissioner Dermot Shea yesterday asking him to publicly withdraw his comments,… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 29-year-old Ridgewood man was convicted of manslaughter for fatally stabbing his female roommate in 2016, the Queens District Attorney announced today. Render Stetson-Shanahan, of Stanhope Street, was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree following a non-jury bench trial. Stetson-Shanahan was seen roaming the Ridgewood neighborhood in… Read more »